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Messages - Billie Mendav

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Cornwall / Re: Huguenots in Cornwall ??
« on: Thursday 24 November 11 22:29 GMT (UK)  »
You have given me so much to think about, I too will have to do a bit of research before replying properly to your much appreciated posts.    But in the meantime, have you seen this resource?    It has a very good search engine too, so if you type in the name of Cornish ancestors you just might be lucky.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/

I have found quite a few of mine.    They were a colourful lot.

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Cornwall / Re: Huguenots in Cornwall ??
« on: Tuesday 22 November 11 15:41 GMT (UK)  »
For Lannadrey, that was a really interesting post, sort of proves that there were Huguenots in Cornwall although they are hard to find.    I read somewhere that there was a Huguenot church somewhere near Falmouth for a short period of time, then they merged with the local churches.     My family story is the same, that there is a Huguenot connection, but I haven't been able to confirm it yet.    I started this thread in October 2006 and I'm still searching!

Do you have any of the following names in your tree:   Menhennet and variants, Lilley, Francis, Bohenna or Julian?

What I find most interesting is that as I confirm your names on Familysearch, your Landrey folk come from the same areas of Cornwall as mine - St Neot is near Liskeard and Menheniot, and lots of mine lived around East Newlyn and then Truro.

Thanks for the information

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Ayrshire / Re: Robert Burns connection
« on: Friday 05 October 07 21:02 BST (UK)  »
Hello Batchen, Thanks for your post re Robert Burns.    I have quite a bit of information about Burns, but the actual little nugget that I'm looking for still escapes me.    Anyway I will keep looking and I appreciate any help that you kind folks out there can give me.

Regards, Billie Mendav

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Cornwall Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Julian family in cornwall
« on: Monday 18 June 07 10:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your message Brissygal, I will add your Julians to my ever-growing list.    There were a lot of them about, weren't there?    Do you have any rumours in your family that the Julians may have been of Huguenot origin?   I'm not making much headway in my search although the name does appear on Huguenot lists.

Thanks again, any information is appreciated

Billie

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The Common Room / How about Huguenots?
« on: Monday 19 February 07 14:08 GMT (UK)  »
There has been a bit of discussion recently about Huguenot ancestors - how about a dedicated section for this topic?     It's an area of genealogy which generating increasing interest and I'm sure would be well used.

Billie Mendav

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Cornwall / Re: Huguenots in Cornwall ??
« on: Tuesday 23 January 07 18:31 GMT (UK)  »
I have had a quick look at my disk of Huguenot names, and I find the name JOIRY included.    At the moment I can't tell where they were, the disk is new to me and I'm still trying to figure out how to use it properly!
Billie

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Cornwall / Re: Huguenots in Cornwall ??
« on: Monday 22 January 07 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
Specifically for Cadoret:

Can you tell me in which source you looked up the names Francis and Julian?   I'm interested in the fact that they came over during the third wave - might make them easier to find.    Can you give me approximate dates?

I recently bought a data CD from a genealogy company of names of "Foreign and French Protestants etc" in the hope that this might assist my search, but I am still trawling my way through it.    It is very informative though

Thank you for your response, which I appreciate,
Billie

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Cornwall / Re: Huguenots in Cornwall ??
« on: Monday 22 January 07 16:38 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your reply.    My Cornish ancestors were Wesleyan Methodists, but of course they would all have been Roman Catholic at one stage.

Interesting story, and my congratulations at having got so far back.

I think if the Julian family were Huguenots, they must have first landed further east in England and then migrated westwards.    The story I was told was that they were lace weavers.   Also I was told that their provenance was the west coast of France, either Brittany or Normandy.

I'd really love to solve this one, but I realise my chances are quite slim.

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Cornwall Completed Lookup Requests / Julian family in cornwall
« on: Thursday 11 January 07 21:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have a Mary Julian in my family tree who was born in Cornwall in 1765, married in 1786 in St Clements Truro to John Menhennet.    Her parents were John Julian and Mary Bohenna.

Has anyone done any work on the Julian / Julien family in Cornwall.    I am particularly interested to know if the family were of Huguenot or French origin.

I have recently found a couple called Julyan on the IGI, John Julyan was born in 1735 in East Newlyn, his father was Tulk Julyan and his mother's name was Honeur.    They sound to me as though they could be French?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

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